You're tuning in for part one of this two-part special on Navy boot camp. I am joined by fellow Military.com reporter Konstantin Toropin. He's also a Navy veteran who went through boot camp here at ...

Navy recruits call home during their scheduled divisional phone calls at Recruit Training Command, Dec. 9, 2023. (Stuart Posada/U.S. Navy) Last time, on Fire Watch, we took you inside Navy boot camp.

Graduating recruits stand in formation inside Midway Ceremonial Drill Hall during a pass in review graduation ceremony at Naval Station Great Lakes, Ill., in 2019. (Navy) As America grapples with a ...

Rear Adm. Kavon Hakimzadeh, Commander, Carrier Strike Group 2 (CSG-2) visits USS Trayer at Recruit Training Command (RTC). (John Suits/U.S. Navy) The Navy says that, starting next month, it will ...

A recruit division marches in formation at Recruit Training Command on March 22, 2024. (MC2 Christopher O’Grady/U.S. Navy) The Navy is cutting its Basic Military Training program from 10 weeks to nine ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Navy will meet its goal to sign up 40,600 recruits by the end of September thanks to several new recruiting programs, but the crush of last-minute enlistments means it won’t be ...

Recruits at the USS Trayer at Recruit Training Command at Great Lakes, Ill.,Trayer, more commonly referred to as ‘Battle Stations,’ is the crucible event that recruits must pass prior to graduation, ...

The U.S. Navy has added a pre-boot camp "preparatory course" for recruits who do not meet physical fitness standards on entry, adding to the growing list of tools that the service is deploying in an ...

The Navy says that, starting next month, it will shorten the length of its Basic Military Training program -- commonly known as boot camp -- from 10 to nine weeks. Navy officials said in a news ...